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Times-Advocate, 1978-12-21, Page 7 (2)• 3 3 3 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 Ladies told about Amnesty In.ternational The Huron -Perth Presbyterial of the United Church Women held an executive meeting recently at the Wingham United Church. The local U.C.W: presidents, ..Church• in - society chairpersons and other members also at- tended. Reports were given of the recent months work in- cluding the ploughing match, • regional rallies and workshops in October by the chairpersons and introduced by the prtsldent, Mrs. Doris Zurbrigg, Listowel. The guept speaker Mrs. Jeanne Moffat,- Waterloo, gave the following inspiring, instructive talk on "Amnesty International". "It is wonderful to realize g g *Hi! Merry Christmas g May you have a wonderful Christmas, bright with happiness and joy. g From Gord and the Staff • • at, 1 AND S. VARIETYND GIFTS 3 Main Street Exeter gg 104tv1lMaye?!ZtvNSION1 n7taVtl1:743 ePeOft CMC?CfcvCSeSNlss le iG t 1 err• tis mn s fi y R•ere's hoping everyone, everywhere A enjoys a very happy holiday! Carpenter Optical Sho p p ape I -. 1405 Main St, 235-0511 Exeterit awernesNsaso-- vncks'oc-va*ass:oataaroarsWssaeaseemst 8if9 AGa Otri [).rte Oy^ n„^ Dr QG nG7 OG Od M^ - — O!J Ola 061 OGD , 3 • 3 3-, THE JOYS y 3 SOF CHRISTMAS • ••144 it1 1 3 1 3 1 1 May Christmas bring friends to your fireside and peace to your home. In the glow of your friendship ewe extend sincere thanks. • • READY FOR WINTER — The parade entry by The Loft featured penguins, ice fishermen and a somoyed dog,, and while Saturday's weather wasn't on'the cold side, these youngsters were well prepared for winter's Vast.. T -A photo Gay Lea earnings down; Miller returned as director At a- directors' meeting following the annual meeting of Gay Lea Foods Co- operative Ltd., held in Guelph on December 5, Walter Hamel of Elmwobd was re-elected president., Hamel owns and operates a dairy farm in Bruce County arid has been active in farm and • co-opera.tive organizations for some years. He has..- been a Delegate in the co-operative since the early 1960's and was elected a director in 1968. - Russell McCutcheon of Owen Sound was re-elected . as a director dhd as 1st vice- president and Robert Turner of Owen Sound was re- elected as a director and as 2nd vice-president: Elected to the board in December was Fred Meier of Brussels. The remaining directors tO CO 1 are: Howard Wilson, Owen • twenty years had grown to nearly 17,000,000 and total assets to _date totalled in excess of 119,000,000. He stated management is ac- tively pursuing alternative production - and processing opportunities to offset the declining plant milk supply. T. E. Brady, executive vice-president and general manager, announced a decrease in sales 14frercent to 176,878,160, due to the decrease in milk receipts from a year ago and the sale of •the co-operative : egg business .. Correspondinily net earnings of 1504,773 were down dramatically from those earned -in 1977. He said that the financial position of the co. -operative continued to i-mprove, having reached a current ratio inexcess of 1.6 to 1 for the first time and that members' .equity had in- creased to 36.0 percent of total assets. Out of earnings the board of directors had declared a dividend of 8 percent or 11.20 per common share. Brady said that the dividend on shares,plusthe patronage dividend on milk and cream, would return- over half a million dollars in cash -to the member shareholders. Make appointments t 1 1 1 3 1 a Quality Produce (Exeter) Ltd. • Phone 235=1921. •1. 1 .'4.0,04.0w6semtioesso.0O.0D6!4)A0640;Gf QOOG O�C1 Off' aOd 1`t aaagrre vmisai oAioais.a;osco.o• s ►e„1,aau auaa►owzsi,cwaas►wiflwaa.slttrswa►weawoaly ,Health: Eileen Palmer (one): Grant Stirling (two ) (one): -John Tinney (one); Leona Armstrong (.three):. F.E.- Haberer (two): .Paul . John Stafford_( three). Steckle (three): John' Land. division: Gervin 3 Morrissey (provincial ap- Weed.. john Hazlitt. J..L. Sound; John Campbell, hayfield; David Ireland, Teeswater; _.Edwin- Miller, Exeter and John Stafford, Wroxeter. At the Annual Meeting which preceded the election, President Walter Hamel said that the -year under review had its problems, its challenges and its successes. Sharply reduced milk Volume necessitated cur- tailmeflt of operations in the milk plants and had a very profound affect on earnings. . -However, net earnings permitted payment of a cash patronage . dividend of 10c hectolitre on 80 percent of members' milk and 2%ic per kilogram butterfat on • members' farin-separated. 'cream,' . Hamef mentioned this was the co-operative's twentieth year of operations • com- -mencing business'in October 1, 1958. He stated that members' equity over the • unty council _, e The 45_member Huron - Frank McFadden (brae); County council Wednekdav • Elgin Thompson: Maureen' approved the make -up --of its-- --Penn -and-Noreen Gnayy Lall- 10 standing committees., • citizen appointments). - where much of the .county 's Property: ' Don .business will be hashed out MacGregor (one); John, •indepth. Austin tone): Joe Kerr The newly acclaimed (two); H'J. Craig (two); warden. Hay Township Ernest Brown (three}: Leo Reeve John-Tinney. serves Foran (three).. as the_e)tofficio member on Planning: Harold Knight each committee. (one): W.E. Simmons Following are the• com- lone):••Tom Consitt (two):, •mitteesand membership. Joe !Junking (two); Robert , with the chairman listed -Jewell (three).: Bill Elston first and the number of (three). • years' each Member is' air: pevelopment: J.M. Daw- pointed for I i s t.e.dr i n son (one) John Flapnery brackets. • (one): -Harold Robinson Roads: J.C. Kreuter (twoi; T.J. Cunningham (twel:.Ken-Campbell (one) ( three ): Ervin .Sillery 11'iliiam Dale, (two): R:M. (three). - . Williamson (three): Lloyd Executive:. Don Eadie Mousseau (three► (one): Robert. Bell (one): Iluronview Nursing .Garnet- Wright. (two): Home: Royce Macaulay Warren Zinn (two): W.K. (one): S.P. Hallahan (ttvo):T- Bogie (three): DJ:: Noble Allan. Campbell Uwo►; W.I. , )three). Morley (three): Douglas Social services: Harold Russell (three). • -Elliott. (one): Harold' Wild 9 MERNERIS MEAT � � -� �-�� �. • . • MARKET $ HAYTER'S TURKEY FARMS LIMITED 33 • DASHWOOD 237-3314 DASHWOOD 237-3561 • aY0WA001►Alil►a►rau1. toil tors ptr ONO OW wio w.a;we ws1 Puss q'rl01611111~61110#1111.011141~11110 em .5, .5,we, mes �•cs .5, mn �'tl art Oft we+.rw+�a+r1 wc1 n*n e.•�s sap epo dre — entl its :-Pts wrs eats arts tins CI - Christmas is a winter wonderland, covered by a blanket of pure white snow, Wel 2 send you our sentiment • 2 A during this brisk season through our 4 3 warmest wishes and a hearty "Thanks." Merry Christmas. a { d A d 0 1 1 1iatwa.ei ilumato“,,1 am ,..co om.e.lo n — - -'4411piati(/►tiia►4t1a aieslirs. er 11 ' 4,-.. t Mai the 'o of Christmas 1 12 1 - be in your heart all 3 1through the New Year. 2 I1 .. 3� t 2 - .r t pointed representative). McCutcheon. Joe Miller and Library Tom Miller . Cecil Desjardine (all citizen (one): Robert Allen )two); appointments). - • • how human solidarity awakens in the face of misfortune, and through it we not -only get the moral and human support that we need, but also moreover, we strengthen ties of friendship with those who are away in distance, but very close in the heart ... 'Believe me, my dear friend, that upon receipt of news ... about the influence you and your friend were exerting on my behalf .saw for the first time the light of hope in the middle pf black that today surrounds my unfortunate country." "I owe my freedom mostly to the efforts of my ad- mirable wife and daughters, and Amnesty Irt *rnational. I don't know how you operate, but faith -in your efforts and concern sustained me throughout the horrible period of my imprisonment. Without hope I think I would have died. Hope has been fulfilled. How can I say 'Thank you'? What can I do for you now or in the future?" These voices of prisoners •Chile. and Panama are representative of the voices of thousands of men and women around the world whose lives have been touched by -the concern of unknown people scattered around this glebe. The concern is 'that of human -beings for other human beings — the concern that they be treated i II a manner • that is in accordance with *the rights spelled out in the document known as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Your specific interest in the area of human rights and the work of Amnesty International arises, • I suspect, out of the mission study emphasis on human rights this year within the United Church. I would also suspect that a majority of you have until now not given much thought to the issue — largely due to the fact that you have.felt your: human rights have not been violated. It's' a "distant" problem that pushes itself into our - con- sciousness in a newspaper headline or TV newscast — only to be forgotten' when the article is read or the newscast is over. ' Our reactions to reading or hearing ofviolations of human rights are varied: 1. "It doesn't concern me — why get excited?"- 2. "Isn't that -awfuh' .-.. But Lca1l't do anything about it." what they deserve! They shouldn't have stirred up so • much trouble in the, first place!" With these kinds of reactions, we can -shrug off any responsibility or in- • volvement. I :trust you will realize, however, that as committed Christians, these reactions are inconsistent with the command 10 be obedient, the—command to love that is ours. Our mandate' for in- volvement in human rights issues lies in the call of a God who is constantly liberating Those in bondage and in a Christ who sets us all free to be. whole persons. -It is in recognition, of so many violations of the rights of individuals to become fully human that the United Church has Specified, this. year's Mission theme as "Human Rights". I wanted to point out these considerations for us as Christians • ..before . I proceeded rte tell you about Amnesty International.: My From .Shirley . Diane . Brenda.. Margeret . Pat . Brenda .Stewert . Kenny . Marjorie . Karen . Ron and Ruth Ann 1 1 3 1 3 involvement in Amnesty International comes about largely as a result of my Christian faith. So 'let us loon now at the situation in our world where over 100 countries throughout the world have imprisoned people for their beliefs, tortured them, denied thein fair trials, or otherwise denied their rights. It's a grim picture, but it would be even grim- mer if these_, flagrant violations of human rights were not being met by voices of protest. What is being done? Amnesty International is at work — the largest in- ternational 11GO solely concerned with ' Human Rights. Founded in 1961' by lawyer Peter Benenson• out of his concern over the growing number of people detained. for political or religious reasons, it has grown to an organization with thousands of members in 109 countries, 35 of which have national sections of A.I. There are 2,000 adoption groups -working on specific cases of prisoners of.con- science — A.1.1tlandle about 7,000 such cases each year. Amnesty Inter -national is an independent and im- partial organization working universally — It is n t associated with government, political pa or religious creed. Christmas Theme BY TRACY GLAV I N Room 5 Mount Carmel On a night long ago in days ' gone by, ,When angel's songs thronged the sky, In a lean-to shelter,- under the moon, - .. A baby was born, to become - the savior soon. On a night long and dark, in a land cruel and cold The Christ child.'s story • began to unfold Sheltered by shepherds and` men far away God's own son, in,a manger of hay_ Unknown to the world, on that stall night, Jesus' life, began to take light,. And from that day on, he asked and prayed, He preachectand he lived, so I the world might be saved. _£hristrnas_-_--- Happy time - Everyone is excited I like Christmas alot Noel • BY KIM BISHOP Room 5. Mount Carmel I'm a .little Christmas tree I'm decorated so prettily, ' I'm a tree can't'you see? I'm a little Christmas tree. Times -Advocate, December 21, 1978 Page 23 at wet eros aft are efte we we tog, I", ill44 eft aft am sot usm ova ime i ll rte MJ/#mira Best Wishes for a Very, Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year and a sincere thank you to all our . customers, friends neighbours. Glanville's Auto Wreckers and & Staff Closed Dec. 22 a•t 4 p.m. until' Dec. 27 and New Yectrs day. Open Dec. 27 - Dec". 30 nereS d5 ovo taCSSYa; c) AG __ s) SSG AG 4)G AA r S>G A6s 3 111 1 1 3 1 3 1 3 • **Au titik • RISTMAS • At tliis glittering time of the .year we send wisheg • for your happiness, • glowing with bright* hopefor the,futicre. . Jack Riddell MPP Huron -Middlesex Season's Greetings from Jack and Leone Riddell and Family ) • +• -Jolly good greetings for a hearty;; happy holiday from Santa, his fleetfooted team and us.. (-j/ We We thank all our good friendS° and hope they will enjoy a W.G.• Thompson & SONS LTD. HENSALL 262-2527 MITCHELL 348-8433 . GRANTON225-23.0 •